Gigi 🍄🟫On the way home, I was reminded that what is now yesterday was the anniversary of the mysterious falling over of Edgerton Ryerson.
Shantell PowellThe nationalistic fervor I'm seeing in Canada creeps me out. The Canadian flag is not the great balm for the soul so many settlers think it is. It is a symbol of colonial oppression for Indigenous folks. It wasn't so long ago that those hidden graves at residential schools were discovered. More continue to be found at the sites of former residential schools, and genocide deniers have been taking over the narrative.
Indigenous communities still remain without drinking water despite political promises even while Nestle plunders nearby water sources.
A large percentage of calls to action for Truth and Reconciliation remain unmet.
I see the jingoistic flag-waving disturbing and alienating. I've already had people laughing at my alienation.
Do not alienate Indigenous people. As Jeff Doctor says over on BlueSky, "Remember who taught you about maple trees, about the food from these lands, the ways to keep safe and warm. Some of your ancestors have already resisted Americans alongside ours, learn from the true histories, not the nationalist versions."
https://bsky.app/profile/jeff.doctor/post/3liaarncgwf2x
#Canada #CanadianFlag #MapleLeafFlag #215Children #ResidentialSchool #Jingoism #TruthAndReconciliation #SystemicRacism #Genocide
Jeff Doctor (@jeff.doctor)
Never forgot what the Canadian flag actually stands for. Remember who taught you about maple trees, about the food from these lands, the ways to keep safe and warm. Some of your ancestors have already resisted Americans alongside ours, learn from the true histories, not the nationalist versions.
Ahh memories.
I wandered over to see how many cops are still hiding behind Balzac's, and I passed this site.
"You're a legal observer, right? Can you stay while we get the truck?"
@Loukas
Ryerson was the architect of the Canadian residential school system. His statue got taken down in the wake of the finding of the initial unmarked graves from a residential school.
For many, many years survivors of the school system had spoken about their fellow classmates — sometimes family members — dying in the school system, in EXTREME numbers. Sometimes from abuse, sometimes neglect, sometimes illness.
Kids would be snatched from their homes, go away to school, and never return. The government and the churches covered it up.
That summer, a lot of statues of colonial heroes mysteriously fell over. There was a lot of whining as a result.
Remains of 215 children found buried at former B.C. residential school, First Nation says | CBC News
Preliminary findings from a survey of the grounds at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School have uncovered the remains of 215 children buried at the site, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation says.
BC Info BotGlobal News BC: Tokens taken from Vancouver residential schools memorial, right before scheduled removal https://globalnews.ca/news/9712328/items-taken-from-residential-schools-memorial-at-vancouver-art-gallery/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #unmarkedgravesmemorialVancouver #VancouverArtGallerymemorial #memorial215children #VancouverArtGallery #missing215children #CityofVancouver #BCFirstNations #Reconciliation #215children #Politics #Canada
White people certainly have a lot of feelings about toppled statues. The last couple of weeks have seen article after article written about the subject (more on this later in the thread), culminating (one can only hope) in today's piece on Miguel's charges being dropped earlier this week.
Miguel is problematic for a variety of reasons, but selecting him out of the group of people present was very much a police grudge for his prominent presence at other actions. He was present at (but not involved in) the toppling of the Ryerson as well, plus a variety of other Indigenous-led actions that put him on police radar.
I am glad to see these charges dismissed, and saddened that his partner Barb passed away and did not get to see him vindicated on this front.
Here's to the other bullshit charges all going the same way.
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#LandBack #BurnItAllDown #ResidentialSchools #215children #FuckThePolice #FuckShitlibs
Shantell PowellThey try to get rid of us but we are still here. This is a drawing I did the week I learned about the unmarked graves of 215 children at the “residential school” (crime scene) in Kamloops. Nuliajuk/Sedna, mother of the sea, is grieving in the image. https://theconversation.com/residential-school-system-recognized-as-genocide-in-canadas-house-of-commons-a-harbinger-of-change-196774? #genocide #ResidentialSchools #WeAreStillHere #MMIWG2S #215Children #CrimeScene #Sedna #Nuliajuk #KamloopsIndianResidentialSchool
Residential school system recognized as genocide in Canada's House of Commons: A harbinger of change
Canada’s recent resolution to label the Indian Residential School system as genocide (and not cultural genocide) is not a mere alteration of words, it is a significant and consequential change.
sweekitt RSPVideo: Mohawk Gun Salute for #215children and all children of Indian Residential Schools https://youtu.be/zDcUhM5a3Qg
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/KanahusFreedom/status/1415534205551906818
Warchief update #03 ~ Rifle salute in honour of the children
Steve LeCouilliardFor Canada to truly influence countries engaging in genocide and human rights violations, we must own our own and take meaningful steps to atone. This includes full disclosure, unvarnished acknowledgment, naming + holding those responsible, and complete reparations. #215children